The Next Generation of Amateur Beacons for the 21st centuary
How we can use modern technology to make beacons more useful, add versatility and ease
the approval / licensing issues.
Powerpont presentation, first given at the RSGB HF Convention October 2006 .
Updated for the Flight Refuelling ARS Talk, December 2007

DTMF Remote Controller
DTMF Remote control over a telephone line.
This article was first published in Radio Communication in August 2001

5MHz Beacons
Design and construction of the 5MHz beacons GB3RAL, GB3WES and GB3ORK
This article was first published in Radio Communication June/July 2005

HFBCN02.ASM
PIC Code for driving the 5MHz beacons
GB3WES and 'ORK Includes the code for reading NMEA data from various GPS
modules.

PCBCN - For controlling a timed personal beacon using a PC. Specifiy the timing repeat interval, offset from the hour in minutes and seconds and the Tx duration in seconds. At the right time, the DTR and RTS lines of the requested COM port will repeatedly activate a beacon transmitter for the duration. No Bells, No whistles, just a simple timer. Stand-alone executable and VB6 Source code.